b d wrote: >hah. I thought I had enough skills to do this (and >no, man apt-get, didn't seem to help me either - :) ). > >I put Branden's line in my sources.list (deb >http://people.debian.org/%7Ebranden/ sid/i386/) and >did an apt-get update and upgrade, and it all looked >fine and dandy that 8 packages relating to X were >being upgraded. I went through their configuration, >clicking okay that they were experimental packages >etc.... however, it never fully upgraded them... >startx still tries to load X 4.1..... > >running apt-get upgrade again, i get... > >the following packages have been kept back > libdps1 libxaw7 xbase-clients xlibmesa3 xlibs >xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xutils >0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove >and 8 not upgraded. > >Did I forget something? How can I fix please? > >
Try running apt-get install 'package' instead of upgrade. It will probably return a message that xyz extra packages will be installled Kenneth >Thanks, >Brad. > > >--- Bill Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>This card worked fine for me under X 3.36, but >>failed under >>Woody's X 4.1, which I find a little puzzling. >> >>I wound up using Branden's somewhat experimental >>XFree86 4.2 >>located at: >> >> http://people.debian.org/~branden/ >> >>There's a list of mirrors at: >> >> http://raw.no/x4.2/ >> >>It's working fine for me now, but I still haven't >>worked >>out all of the apt pinning issues to keep it up to >>date. >>That's high on my to-do list, so someday.... >> >>HTH and Good Luck, >> >>Bill >> >>(Continuing top-posting because that's the way this >>thread >>is going.) >> >>On 9/25/02 9:34 AM, "b d" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi Bart et all, >>> >>>Um, I'm sorry, I couldn't find where to disable >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>kernel frame buffer.... I had previously crafted >>> >>> >>my >> >> >>>XF86Config file from hand... but I did as you said >>> >>> >>and >> >> >>>did a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, and didn't >>> >>> >>see >> >> >>>any mention of kernel frame buffer.... also >>> >>> >>couldn't >> >> >>>find it in the kernel compilation configuration. >>> >>> >>I >> >> >>>also did a quick google and couldn't find any >>> >>> >>mention >> >> >>>of this problem...... >>> >>>I'm not missing anything simple am I? >>> >>>Any further help appreciated! This is driving me >>> >>> >>up >> >> >>>the wall! >>> >>>Brad >>> >>>Bart Verweire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >>> >>> >>in >> >> >>>message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I've had the same problem, and found the >>>> >>>> >>following >> >> >>>solution somewhere on the net >>> >>> >>>>: >>>>during the X configuration (using >>>> >>>> >>dpkg-reconfigure >> >> >>>xserver ?), debian proposes >>> >>> >>>>to use a 'kernel frame buffer' (don't have my >>>> >>>> >>debian >> >> >>>at hand at this moment, so >>> >>> >>>>I'm not sure about the terminology). The default >>>> >>>> >>>setting is yes (debian saying >>> >>> >>>>that it is safe to do so). In my case, I had to >>>> >>>> >>>disable the kernel frame buffer. >>> >>> >>>>And it now works without a problem. >>>> >>>>hope to help. >>>> >>>>Bart >>>> >>>>b wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hi folks: >>>>> >>>>>I have a question - I have gotten X working with >>>>> >>>>> >>>woody on a fair number of >>> >>> >>>>>machines, but this one confuses me. The video >>>>> >>>>> >>>card is a 32 MB ATI Rage 128. >>> >>> >>>>>Since it was a fairly new workstation, I >>>>> >>>>> >>installed >> >> >>>RedHat 7.3 as well, and X >>> >>> >>>>>worked out of the box - then reinstalled Woody, >>>>> >>>>> >>>and compared XF86Config >>> >>> >>>>>files, and found no substantial differences..... >>>>> >>>>> >>I >> >> >>>upgraded and recompiled a >>> >>> >>>>>2.4.19 kernel as well with AGP support and DRI >>>>> >>>>> >>for >> >> >>>the ATI R128 compiled >>> >>> >>>>>right into the kernel. >>>>> >>>>>Someone please help if you have any ideas...... >>>>> >>>>> >>(I >> >> >>>apologize if there is a >>> >>> >>>>>more proper place for this posting...) >>>>> >>>>>The short description: The error is "no screens >>>>> >>>>> >>>found" >>> >>> >>>>>following is my XF86Config file, and following >>>>> >>>>> >>>that (sorry for the length) >>> >>> >>>>>is the log output detailing the errors... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! >http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
